FEDERAL · 16 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER I—ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sites for schools and churches
16 U.S.C. § 479
Title16 — Conservation
ChapterSUBCHAPTER I—ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
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16 U.S.C. § 479.
Text
The settlers residing within the exterior boundaries of national forests, or in the vicinity thereof, may maintain schools and churches within such national forest, and for that purpose may occupy any part of the said national forest, not exceeding two acres for each schoolhouse and one acre for a church.
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History
(June 4, 1897, ch. 2, §1, 30 Stat. 36.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification
"National forests" substituted in text for "forest reservations", and "national forest" substituted for "reservation" and "forest reservation" on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
Codification
"National forests" substituted in text for "forest reservations", and "national forest" substituted for "reservation" and "forest reservation" on authority of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, which provided that forest reserves shall hereafter be known as national forests.
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